Improvement in boots and shoes



pllnth tutrs lutwt @ffice EVERETT P. RICHARDSON, OF LAWRENCE,MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 65,120, dated lay '28, 1867; antedatcal M'ay 16,1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOOTS AND SHOES.

TO ALL WHOM I'I MAY CONOERN:

Be it known that I, EVERETT P; RioHARDsON, of Lawrence, in the county ofEssex, and State of Massan ehusetts, have invented anew and usefulimprovement in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes; and I de herebydeclare that the following is a'full and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of thisspecification.

Figure I is a perspective view of a part of a shoe.

Figure II represents the wire 'from which nails are made.

Figure III represents a barbed nail or peg.

Figure IV represents barbed and corrugated nails with heads.

Myimprovement in the manufacture of boots and shoes relates chieiiytothe attachment of vthe sole to the upper leather, the fastening,f beingeffected by the use of barbed or serrated nails or pegs, both with andywithout heads. By this mode of nailing, the parts are closely heldtogether, and on account of the firm hold of the nails in the leather aless number is required, and the sole of a shoel thus fastened isstronger than it is when a close row or series of pegs is used.

In Fig. I both kinds of nails are represented. Those marked A arestraight barbed pegs or nails; those marked B are barbed and alsoprovided with heads C. The upper leather Vof the' boot or shoe is seenat D, the sole at E, and the insole at G. Between the two soles is thefilling II. When a shoe is to be made by the use ofthe headed nails, asshown in Figs. I and IV, the nails are rst inserted in holes previouslypunched in the insole Gr, the insole is then laid upon a last faced withiron, the heads of thesnails 'resting upon the iron, which serves as ananvil. The upper leather D is then drawn over and formed around thelast, and its edges turned inward upon the points of the nails. A fewblows with a. mallet forces the upper leather on to the nails. The outersole E is then laid upon the points and the sole driven down, causingthe nails to enter and hold the upper fast between the two soles. Theheaded nailsl above referred to max be'ei'ther barbed or corrugated asrepresented in Fig, IV. The insole may be dispensed with, whendesirable, in which ease the nails are first inserted in the uppers,then drawn upon the iron last and the sole driven down upon the nails,as before mentioned. 'Ihe headless barbed or corrugated nails A, Fig.III, are driven in the usual manner, Ventering the outer sole E first,then passing through the upper leather I) and entering the insole G.These nails are usually made of round brass or iron wire, by passing thewire through suitable girooved or serrated steel rollers, or by notchingor nicking it upon opposite sides, in any convenient manner, leavingwire in the forni shown in Fig. II, ready to be cut into suitablelengt-lis to form pegs or nails. Instead of uotching the Wire andraising a short'barb, I sometimes prefer to corrugate or slightly bendthe Wire back and forth, the central lineor axis of the wire beingstraight. The pegs or nails may be made of brass, iron, steel, or anyother metal that has the requisite strength and stiffness.

lWhat I claim,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The system or mode of fastening the soles of boots and shoes, by meansof barbed or corrugated nails or pegs, either with or without heads, anddriven either from the outside or inside of the boot or shoe,substantially as herein set forth and for the purpose specified.

E. I. RICHARDSON. [L s] Witnesses:

N. W. HARMON, NnLLtn HARMON.

